Padding support for spring mattress structures



Aug. 16, 1955 E. J. HOOD 2,715,230

PADDING SUPPORT FOR SPRING MATTRESS STRUCTURES Filed Nov. 7, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet l E. J. HOOD Aug. 16, 1955 PADDING SUPPORT FOR SPRING MATTRESS STRUCTURES 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. 7, 1951 Q QQQQQ? JNVENTOR. [age/1e J H000 United States Patent O PADDING SUPPORT FOR SPRING MATTRESS STRUCTURES Eugene J. Hood, Carthage, Mo., assignor to Flex-O- Lators, Inc., Carthage, Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application November 7, 1951, Serial No. 255,201

1 Claim. (Cl. 5-354) This invention relates to improvements in padding supports for spring mattress structures which are adapted to be disposed upon the upper ends of coiled springs of the seats of cars, chairs, lounges or the like, to keep the padding of the upholstering from getting between or into said springs. v

One of the principal objects of the invention is the provision of a padding support having a series of parallel transverse wires carrying an elongated folded pad adapted to be adjusted on said transverse wires and positioned over the front edge of said coiled spring structure to protect the front edge thereof from undue wear.

Another object of this invention is the provision of padding support for spring mattress structure comprising a plurality of spaced apart pliable longitudinal members, a plurality of spaced apart resilient transverse wire members interconnected with said longitudinal members to form a net, and a longitudinal pliable pad member adjustably carried by said wire members, adjacent one edge of said pad support.

Other objects are simplicity and economy of construction, ease and eciency of application, and adaptability for protecting the various edges of a spring cushion member.

With these objects in view as well as other objects which will appear during the course of the specication reference will be had to the drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view section of padding support embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the padding support shown in position on a spring mattress structure.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line III-HI of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 3 with the elongated folded pad positioned in operative position about the front edge of the spring mattress structure, to receive the padding thereover.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary, enlarged sectional view taken on line V-V of Fig. 2 with parts broken away to show the different layers of material comprising the pad.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary plan View of a modification of the application of the folded pad to the front edge of the spring mattress structure.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on line VII-VII of Fig. 6.

Throughout the several views like numerals refer to similar parts and the number 8 designates a padding support, comprising a series of longitudinally disposed parallel spaced apart pliable or flexible members 10, preferably of cord like form, as cords made of twisted paper, or common cords, at the outer sides of which respectively are anchoring member 12, preferably comprising cordlike members similar to members 10.

Transverse parallel members 14 are spaced apart and extend through the intermediathe members 10, and are preferably resilient metal wires of less diameter than the members 10, and are hard enough to perforate and be extended through the pliable members 10. The ex- 2,715,230 Patented Aug. 16, 1955 er' ICC f able length for particular upholstering jobs.

An elongated folded pad member 18 of suitable strip form is built into the padding support 8 during its manufacture. Referring to Fig. 3, it will be noted pad mem- V ber 18 comprises a cover sheet of paper 20 folded entirely about a liller of folded waie paper 22 continuous at their lower extremities and terminated at their upper extremities in stepped relation so that as the pad member is moved.

to the operative position as shown in Fig. 4, the ends of the folded sheets will be in substantially registered relation. Referring to cover sheet 20 it will be noted that it extends entirely about the ller wae sheets 22 and overlaps itself at ap 24 which extends upwardly a distance suicient to receive the perforation 26 therethrough.

Transverse wire members 14 are threaded through these perforations 26 to adjustably support the pad member 18 on said padding support 8 intermediate one of the outer anchoring members 12 and the adjacent pliable member 10. This pad member 18 may be adjusted along wires 14 to permit proper contact with the edge roll of the mattress or seat member.

Referring to Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 7 it will be noted that the series of spiral springs 28 are joined together at their overlapping edges by continuous helical coils 30. Also the outer row of springs 28 are joined together by means of helical coil 32. When the padding support 8 is positioned on the spring mattress structure shown in Fig. 2 the outer anchoring member 12 is positioned directly over the helical coil 32 which joins the outer row of springs 28 together. When these parts are so positioned the operator by means of a pair of pliers positions a series of split rings 34 about anchoring members 12 and coil 32 to hold the padding support and spring mattress structure in proper fixed relation so that the padding support may be fixed about the forward upper edge of the completed spring structure to definitely protect it against objectionable wear, furthermore wires 14 and longitudinal pliable members 10 will be so positioned on top of coil springs that the padding 38 positioned on top of the padding support 8 will be so supported that it cannot get between or into the springs 28.

Normally the folded pad member 18 takes the position shown in Fig. 4, and maintains its position due to the upholstering built thereover but not shown.

Referring to the modified form shown in Figs. 6 and 7 wherein the pad member 18 is folded about the front upper edge of the spring mattress structure with the opposite edge thereof overlapped and secured together by means of split rings 36 which secure to hold the edges together whereby the folded padding member forms a tube like structure about the upper edge of the spring mattress structure.

It has been suggested that this pad member 18 be placed along the upper forward edge of the spring mattress structure where the chance for wear is greatest however it is apparent that the pad member may be placed along any edge where the chance for wear is apparent. In other words it might be mounted on both side edges of a coil spring mattress or entirely therearound. When the padding cover member is completed it is quite apparent that pad members will be held in operative position and will maintain a suitable padding member between the parts subject to the most possible wear. These padding supports are anchored to the spring mattress structure and are of close enough mesh or weave to preclude the passage of the usual type of padding therethrough to points between or in said mattress springs.

Pad members 18 are secured adjacent their lower marginal edge portion by wires 14, along which they may be adjusted for proper positioning relative to the outer edge of anchoring member 12.

I claim:

A substantially rectangular padding support for spring mattress structures comprising a plurality of spaced apart, longitudinally extending strands and a plurality of spaced apart, transversely extending strands vconnected to said longitudinal strands to form a net, and an elongated, attened padding member comprising a iiller pad and a cover sheet disposed about said pad, the edge portions of said cover sheet overlapping adjacent one longitudinal edge of said pad, said padding member'being ldisposed parallel to and adjacent the longitudinal strand t v 4 at one edge of said support( structure, said transverse strands extending through said padding member adjacent one longitudinal edge thereof so as to piercethe overlapping edge portions of said cover sheet.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Suekot Ian. 11, 1916 

